From the Richmond Dispatch, 6/22/1861, p. 2

The Clay Statue - We have been informed that this
statue, which graces the western portion of the Square, has been lately
subjected to so much handling by visitors that the marble has become much
discolored. We have been requested to call on the ladies, to whom the statue has
been entrusted for safe keeping, to do their duty. We don't know how they will
set about it, unless they erect additional barriers around the effigy of the
great Kentuckian. The ladies, however, are fertile in ingenious expedients, and
may devise some way to prevent a mutilation of the statue, without giving
offence to the people.